Brush.



1. B. FESLER. A

BRUSH. APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. mil- RENEWED JAN. 2, 1915- 1,190,227 r Patented July 4,1916.

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JOEL 5B. FESLER, or NEW YORK, n. Y.

BRUSH.

Application filed May 26, 1911, Serial No. 629,647.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J OEL B. FEsLnR, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fountain brushes that is to say, brushes comprising a reservoir for soap, mucilage, ink, paint or the like.

The particular brush herein illustrated and described is particularly intended for use as a shaving brush, though .suitable for other uses as well, and comprises improvements over the brushes illustrated and described in my application for Letters Patent filed April 14, 1910, Sr. No. 555,474.

My invention comprises an improved centering collar and stop for the sliding or telescopic cover of the brush.

The objects of my invention are to im prove and simplify fountain brushes, and particularly to provide improved means for guiding or centering the sliding covers of such brushes, and for arresting the motion thereof, at a suitable point.

I will now proceed to describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, and will then point out the novel features in claims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 shows an elevat-ion of the brush; and Fig. 2 is a similar view, except that the sliding cover of the brush is shown in longitudinal section. Fig. 3 shows an elevation of the brush with the sliding cover thereof pushed down over the handle so as to expose the bristle tuft, and

Fig. 4 shows the brush with the parts in the I position shown in Fig. 3 and with the casing in section and the piston and screw feed in dotted lines.

In the drawings, 1 designates the bristle tuft, 2 designates a screw-threaded ferrule constituting the bristle holder, 3 designates 'the main portion ofthe hollow handle, and 4 designates a screw-threaded ferrule fitted into the upper end of the handle 3 and into which the bristle holder 2 screws. 5 designates a center tube secured to, and in effect forming a part of, the bristle holder 2, through which tube the flexible feed tube 6 of the brush passes into the bristle tuft.

7 designates a removable reservoir within the handle and connected to the feed tube 6,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1316.

Renewed January 2, 1915. Serial No. 252.

8 designates an end cap for the handle, screw-connected to the mam portion 3 of the handle, and serving to hold the reservoir 7 in place, and 9 designates a hand piece rotatably mounted upon this end cap 8, and to which is connected the feed screw 10 extending up into the interior of the reservoir 7 and having mounted upon it a piston 11 adapted to force the plastic contents of the reservoir into the feed tube 6.

12 designates a sliding or telescopic cover for the bristle tuft, mounted to slide upon the handle 3, and provided at its upper end with a removable cap 13. cover 12 and permit it to slide over the handle 3, without marring the surface thereof, said handle 3 is provided with a spring collar 1 1 provided at its lower end with downwardly and outwardly projecting spring leaves 15 which, in action, bear against the inner wall of the cover 12, so centering and guiding the said cover, and which also, when the cover is in its raised position, indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, bear against a hook shaped bead 16, formed on the lower end of the cover, thereby arresting outward'or upward movement of the cover. In other words, these spring leaves 15 form stops for the cover. It is important that circulation of air around the bristle tuft shall be provided for, when said bristle tuftvis inclosed by thecover, and to that end I have pro vided a number of side openings 17 in the cover and have also provided openings 18 in the cover cap 13, which openings 17 and 18 permit free entrance of air into the handle and free escape of air from the handle, and therefore make possible the rapid drying of the bristle tuft when wet.

In the brush construction illustrated in my above mentioned application, the handle of the brush is provided with a plurality of outwardly projecting bosses which serve both to guide the sliding or telescopic handle of the brush, and also form stops to arrest outward or upward movement of the cover. In practice it has been found that if, in a brush so constructed, the cover be provided with side orifices for ventilation, such as the orifices 17 of the brush illustrated in this case, the said bosses of the brush of my former application are apt to catch in such orifices, and so to impede free movement of the cover. It has also been found that the users of these brushes, who are apt to handle them more or less carelessly, frequently press To guide the the cover sidewise in moving it, and when the handle of the brush is provided with bosses, as illustrated and described in my prior application referred to, these bosses press grooves in the cover, when the cover is so pressed sidewise, thus marring the ap pearance of the brush. To obviate these objections, I have provided the handle of the brush with the collar 14 having the spring guides and stops 15 above described. These spring guides are broader at their lower ends than the perforations 17 of the cover, and so do not enter said perforations at any time; and because of their resiliency they yield somewhat to any side motion of the handle, and so do not form ribs or grooves in the handle.

Nhat I claim is 1. A brush comprising in combination a handle, a bristle tuft secured thereto, and a cover arranged to slide over said handle, said handle provided with a guide and stop for said cover comprising a collar surrounding said handle and provided with projecting spring leaves arranged to act against the inner surface of said cover and thereby to guide'same, said cover provided at its lower end with an inwardly projecting rib adapted to engage the end of one of said leaves,

whereby upward motion of said cover is ar ing witnesses.

JOEL B. 'FESLER. "Witnesses:

M. E. MoNINcH, H. M. MARBLE.

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